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Italians_Invented_2A 55 points ago +57 / -2

Every Republican presidential candidate in our lifetime was controlled opposition.

Except for Trump.

The proof of that is that never before the media campaigned so ferociously against a presidential candidate.

I got onboard the Trump train in mid 2016, and what attracted me to Trump was specifically that the media clearly hated him. If the establishment hates him, that means he's not part of it.

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RexCollumSilvarum 30 points ago +30 / -0

I may be dating myself, but I don't think Reagan was.

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Southern_Belle 6 points ago +6 / -0

That may have been because his vice president, Bush Sr., tried to have him killed.

May have poisoned him, too.

Bush Sr. was CIA and some speculate that he killed JFK, as someone with the name George Bush was allegedly in Dallas on that fateful day.

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Thiswillbeintheexam 11 points ago +12 / -1

You'd be wrong.

In 1987, Reagan used his executive authority to legalize the status of minor children of parents granted amnesty under the immigration overhaul.

He turned California Blue and it never came back.

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RexCollumSilvarum 15 points ago +15 / -0

He did, and he was a pioneer in allowing no-fault divorce which has been a gigantic disaster for society, but we're talking about whether he was controlled opposition, and I think he wasn't; I think his mistakes were born from honest ideas.

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ManyDirt 4 points ago +4 / -0

Took away machine guns too. Bastard.

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Rawnold_Reagan 8 points ago +8 / -0

Not completely controlled but I loved me some rich bankers back in the day.

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RexCollumSilvarum 5 points ago +5 / -0

You may have, but you were still a great president compared to what the other side has to offer.

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Wheredidiputit 4 points ago +4 / -0

certainly not his first term

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GodSaveTheWest 16 points ago +18 / -2

Republicans arent controlled opposition, theyre just one in the same with dems. The uniparty doesnt care who wins so long as its one of their 2 chosen candidates.

like Hillary or Jeb! were supposed to be the only choices in 2016.

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1776ThereIsaidIt 8 points ago +8 / -0

Reagan wasn't controlled opposition. He caved more than he should have but overall I still give him an A.

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JeremiahKassin 5 points ago +5 / -0

Reagan wasn't. Nixon probably wasn't either, otherwise why bother forcing him out?

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Italians_Invented_2A 2 points ago +2 / -0

I guess I shouldn't have used the wording "in our lifetime". I meant from the first Bush onwards.

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